Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!hsi!cjsa!jeff
From: jeff@cjsa.UUCP (C. Jeffery Small)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: UNIXPC uucp problem
Summary: You need to make new /etc/passwd entries ...
Message-ID: <103@cjsa.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 88 16:46:35 GMT
References: <1988Jun27.202651.9458@ziebmef.uucp>
Organization: C. Jeffery Small and Associates - New Haven, CT
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In article <1988Jun27.202651.9458@ziebmef.uucp>, becker@ziebmef.uucp (Bruce Becker) writes:
> I've been having a problem with my 7300/3b1, in that it won't
> receive uucp logins from anyone at all (BAD LOGIN/MACHINE NAME), but I
> can connect to any machine by dial-out... I don't understand why...
> If any 3b1 users have had this problem, please email some suggestions
> to me...

I had this very problem when I first set up USENET software.  I believe
the problem has to do with the way uucp, nuucp, etc. entries appear and
are parsed in the passwd file.  I believe that your problem will go away
(and your security increased) if you make seperate password entries with
unique uids for each machine that you wish to allow to dial in.  

I hope this helps.
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